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Re: NET Exam Political Science Questions with Answers

National Eligibility Test exam political science question paper has questions from following topics:

1. Political Theory and Thought
2. Comparative Politics and Political Analysis
3. Indian Government and Politics
4. UGC NET Public Administration
5. International Relations

UGC NET Political Science Syllabus
Code No. : 02
Subject : Political Science
Note :
There will be two question papers, UGC NET Paper II and Paper III ( Part – A & B ). UGC NET Paper II will cover 50 Objective Type Questions ( Multiple choice, Matching type, True / False, Assertion – Reasoning type ) carrying 100 marks.
UGC NET Paper III will have two Parts – A and B; Paper – III ( A ) will have 10 Short Essay Type Questions ( 300 words ) carrying 16 marks each. In it there will be one question with internal choice from each unit ( i.e., 10 questions from 10 units; Total marks will be 160 ).
UGC NET Paper III ( B ) will be compulsory and there will be three questions from any unit I to X. The candidate will attempt only one question only in 800 words; carrying 40 marks. Total marks of UGC NET Paper III will be 200.

UGC NET Paper II
1. Political Theory and Thought
• Ancient Indian Political Thought : Kautilya and Shanti Parva.
• Greek Political Thought : Plato and Aristotle.
• European Thought – I : Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau.
• European Thought – II : Bentham, J. S. Mill, Hegel, Marx and Green.
• Contemporary Political Thought – I : Lenin, Mao, Gramsci.
• Contemporary Political Thought – II : Rawls, Nozic and Communitarians.
• Modern Indian Thought : Gandhi, M. N. Roy, Aurobindo Ghosh, Joy Prakash Ambedkar, Savarkar.
• Concepts and Issue – I : Medieval Political Thought: Church State Relationship and Theory of Two Swords.
• Concepts and Issue – II : Behaviouralism and Post-Behaviouralism, Decline and Resurgence of Political Theory. Democracy, Liberty and Equality.

2. Comparative Politics and Political Analysis
Evolution of Comparative Politics as a discipline; nature and scope.
• Approaches to the study of comparative politics : Traditional, Structural – Functional, Systems and Marxist.
• Constitutionalism : Concepts, Problems and Limitations.
• Forms of Government : Unitary – Federal, Parliamentary – Presidential.
• Organs of Government : Executive, Legislature, Judiciary – their interrelationship in comparative perspective.
• Party Systems and Pressure Groups; Electoral Systems.
• Bureaucracy – types and roles.
• Political Development and Political Modernization.
• Political Culture, Political Socialization and Political Communication.
• Political Elite; Elitist theory of Democracy.
• Power, Authority and Legitimacy.
• Revolution : Theories and Types.
• Dependency : Development and Under Development.

3. Indian Government and Politics
National Movement, Constitutional Developments and the Making of Indian Constitution.
Ideological Bases of the Indian Constitution, Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties and Directive Principles.
Constitution as Instrument of Socio – Economic Change, Constitutional Amendments and Review.

• Structure and Process – I : President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Working of the Parliamentary System.
• Structure and Process – II : Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers, State Legislature.
• Panchayati Raj Institutions : Rural and Urban, their working.
• Federalism : Theory and Practice in India; Demands of Autonomy and Separatist Movements; Emerging trends in Centre – State Relations.
• Judiciary : Supreme Court, High Courts, Judicial Review, Judicial Activism including Public Interest Litigation cases, Judicial Reforms.
• Political Parties, Pressure Groups, Public Opinion, Media; Subaltern and Peasant Movements.
• Elections, Electoral Behaviour, Election Commission and Electoral Reforms.

4. UGC NET Public Administration
Development of Public Administration as a discipline; Approaches to the study of Public Administration : Decision – making, Ecological and Systems; Development Administration.

Theories of Organization
• Principles of Organization : Line and staff, unity of command, hierarchy, span of control, centralization and decentralization, Types of organization – formal and informal; Forms of organization; department, public corporation and board.
• Chief Executive : Types, functions and roles.
• Personnel Administration : Recruitment, Training, Promotion, Discipline, Morale; Employee – Employer Relations.
• Bureaucracy : Theories, Types and Roles; Max Weber and his critics. Civil servant – Minister relationship.
• Leadership, its role in decision – making; Communication.
• Financial Administration : Budget, Audit, Control over Finance with special reference to India and UK.
• Good Governance; Problems of Administrative Corruption; Transparency and Accountability; Right to Information.
• Grievance Redressal Institutions : Ombudsman, Lokpal and Lokayukta.

5. International Relations
• Contending Theories and Approaches to the study of International Relations; Idealist, Realist, Systems, Game, Communication and Decision – making.
• Power, Interest and Ideology in International Relations; Elements of Power : Acquisition, use and limitations of power, Perception, Formulation and Promotion of National Interest, Meaning, Role and Relevance of Ideology in International Relations.

• Arms and Wars : Nature, causes and types of wars / conflicts including ethnic disputes; conventional, Nuclear / bio – chemical wars; deterrence, Arms Race, Arms Control and Disarmament.
• Peaceful Settlement of Disputes, Conflict Resolution, Diplomacy, World – order and Peace studies.
• Cold War, Alliances, Non – Alignment, End of Cold war, Globalisation.
• Rights and Duties of states in international law, intervention, Treaty law, prevention and abolition of war.
• Political Economy of International Relations; New International Economic Order, North – South Dialogue, South – South Cooperation, WTO, Neo – colonialism and Dependency.
• Regional and sub – regional organisations especially SAARC, ASEAN, OPEC, OAS.

• United Nations : Aims, Objectives, Structure and Evaluation of the working of UN; Peace and Development perspectives; Charter Revision; Power – struggle and Diplomacy within UN, Financing and Peace – keeping operations.

• India’s Role in International affairs : India’s relations with its neighbours, Wars, Security Concerns and Pacts, Mediatory Role, distinguishing features of Indian Foreign Policy and Diplomacy.




1. Mahatma Gandhi described himself
as a
(A) Philosophical Anarchist
(B) Libertarian
(C) Social Democrat
(D) Social Liberal
2. Marching through the stages of
thesis, anti-thesis and synthesis,
consciousness is the essence of the
creation and driving force of
development. The above view is
associated with
(A) Marx (B) Rousseau
(C) Hegel (D) Kant
3. Who of the following is considered
to be one of the intellectual
godfathers of neo-liberal capitalism ?
(A) John Rawls
(B) F.A. Hayek
(C) MacIntyre
(D) Michael Walzer
4. As against Marx’s view that with the
expansion of capitalism the middle
class will vanish away, the first
thinker to have given the idea that
the middle class will not wither away
and increasing pauperization of the
proletariat will not take place, was
(A) Kautsky (B) Bernstein
(C) Bukharin (D) Luxemberg
5. ‘The Fifth French Republic was a
tailor-made Constitution by Charles
de Gaulle.’ The above comment was
made by
(A) Jocobians
(B) Puritans
(C) Blondel
(D) Dorothy Pickles
6. Delegated legislation contributed to
the
(A) Rise of Judiciary
(B) Rise of Bureaucracy
(C) Rise of Executive
(D) Rise of Legislature
7. The term ‘Mixed Political Culture’
was used in the Indian context by
(A) Rajni Kothari
(B) Francis Frankel
(C) V.S. Sirsikar
(D) Morris Jones
8. The dominant approach in
contemporary politics is
(A) Structural-functionalism
(B) Marxism
(C) Normative Theory
(D) New Institutionalism
9. The term ‘Federal’ figures
(A) In the Preamble to the Indian
Constitution
(B) In Part III of the Indian
Constitution
(C) In Article 368
(D) Nowhere in the Indian
Constitution
10. Legislative Council of a State can be
abolished or created by
(A) President of India on the
recommendation of the
Parliament
(B) Legislative Assembly of the
State concerned
(C) Parliament through a simple
Legislation
(D) Parliament on the
recommendation of the
Legislative Assembly of the
State concerned
11. The socialists and communists
boycotted the Constituent Assembly
of India because
(A) It was constituted before
India’s independence
(B) The women were not
adequately represented
(C) It was not constituted on the
basis of adult suffrage
(D) The workers and peasants were
not adequately represented
12. The Indian National Army was
formed by
(A) General Mohan Singh
(B) Shahnawaz Khan
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) Rashbihari Bose

13. Marxian view treats international
politics as an extension of class war
in
(A) Global perspective
(B) National perspective
(C) Societal perspective
(D) Regional perspective
14. T.H. Marshall’s theory of citizenship
is derived from his study of
(A) Great Britain
(B) The Developing World
(C) The U.S.A.
(D) Western Europe
15. ‘Look East Policy’ was formulated
by which one of the following Prime
Ministers ?
(A) Rajiv Gandhi
(B) I.K. Gujral
(C) P.V. Narasimha Rao
(D) Manmohan Singh
16. The phrase ‘Military-Industrial
Complex’ was coined by
(A) Trueman (B) Eisenhower
(C) Kennedy (D) Nixon
17. When Fred W. Riggs said that
‘Nepotism and favouritism play a
dominant role in the making of
appointments to various
administrative posts, he was
referring to
(A) Diffracted Society
(B) Fused Society
(C) Agrarian Society
(D) Prismatic Society
18. Referring to the principle of
responsibility for the King, who said
that, “In the happiness of his subjects
lies his happiness, in their welfare
his welfare” ?
(A) Machiavelli
(B) Manu
(C) Kautilya
(D) Chandra Gupta
19. Who regards coordination as central
core of management and says it
implies “harmonious ordering of
parts” ?
(A) Herbert Simon
(B) Douglas McGregor
(C) Elton Mayo
(D) M.P. Follett
20. The idea of ‘committed bureaucracy’
in India was advocated by
(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) Mrs. Indira Gandhi
(D) Morarji Desai
21. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Machiavelli is anti-
Church but not anti-religion.
Reason (R) : Because religion
produces order as peace brings
fortune and success.
Select the correct answer from the
codes give below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation
of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
(R) is not the correct
explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
22. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : The system of
proportional representation
may solve the problem of
minority representation to
some extent.
Reason (R) : The system of
proportional representation
enables due representation to
all types of groups based on
ethnicity, gender, interests and
ideologies.
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are
individually true and (R) is the
correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are
individually true, but (R) is not
the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

23. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Constructivism
insists that international
relations cannot be reduced to
national action and interaction
within material constraints as
realism claims.
Reason (R) : Because State
interaction is not among fixed
national interests but is to be
understood as a pattern of
action and shapes and is
shaped by identities over time.
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation
of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
(R) is not the correct
explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
24. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Considering its
effectiveness and efficiency,
Presidential System was
advocated for India in 1980s.
Reason (R) : Consociational politics
could not sustain itself in
India.
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are
individually true and (R) is the
correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are
individually true, but (R) is not
the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
25. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Henri Fayol
distinguishes between Public
Administration and Private
Administration.
Reason (R) : He says that all
undertakings observe the same
general principles of
administration.
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation
of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
(R) is not the correct
explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
26. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : The Systems
Approach gave rise to
contingency management.
Reason (R) : It is also known as
‘Modern Organisation
Theory’.
Select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation
of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
(R) is not the correct
explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

27. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : In his discretionary
powers, Governor can reserve
a Bill for the assent of the
President.
Reason (R) : The President of India
can return a Bill passed by a
State Legislature for
reconsideration.
Choose the correct answer from the
codes given below :
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and
(R) is the correct explanation
of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
(R) is not the correct
explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
28. Arrange the following elitist
theorists in proper chronological
order from the codes given below :
(i) C. Wright Mills
(ii) Michels
(iii) Pareto
(iv) Mosca
Codes :
(A) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(B) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(C) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
(D) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
29. Arrange the following in
chronological order. Use the codes
given below :
(i) Bolshevik Revolution
(ii) Puritan Revolution
(iii) Chinese Communist
Revolution
(iv) Glorious Revolution
Codes :
(A) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(B) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(C) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(D) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
30. Identify the correct chronological
order in which the following are
placed in the Indian Constitution.
Use the codes given below :
(i) Imposition of President’s rule
in the State
(ii) Freedom of Conscience
(iii) Parliament legislating on State
subject
(iv) Amendment to the
Constitution
Codes :
(A) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(B) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(C) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(D) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
31. Arrange the following in
chronological order and choose the
correct answer from the codes given
below :
(i) Liberalism (ii) Socialism
(iii) Positivism (iv) Anarchism
Codes :
(A) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(B) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(D) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
32. Match List – I with List – II and
choose the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(a) Vote on
Account
(i) Lump-sum
money granted
without detailed
estimates
(b) Vote on
Credit
(ii) Additional
expenditure not
covered in the
approved
Budget
(c) Supplementary
Demand
for Grants
(iii) Amount spent
in excess of the
grants
(d) Excess
Demand for
Grants
(iv) Grants in advance
pending
budgetary
approval
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(C) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
33. Identify the correct chronological
order in which the following came
into existence. Use the codes given
below :
(i) Swatantra Party
(ii) Muslim League
(iii) Bhartiya Janata Party
(iv) Communist Party of India
Codes :
(A) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(B) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(C) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(D) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
34. Arrange the following thinkers in
chronological order. Use the code
given below :
(i) Montesquieu
(ii) John Locke
(iii) Almond
(iv) Arthur Bentley
Codes :
(A) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(B) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(C) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
(D) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

35. Arrange the following books in order
in which they appeared. Use the
code :
(i) Comparative Politics : Today
(ii) The Process of Government
(iii) Comparative Politics : A
Developmental Approach
(iv) The Spirit of Laws
Codes :
(A) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
(B) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(C) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
(D) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
36. Arrange the following revolutions in
order they took place. Use the code
given below :
(i) French Revolution
(ii) Bolshevik Revolution
(iii) Menshevik Revolution
(iv) October Revolution
Code :
(A) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
(B) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(C) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
(D) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
37. Arrange the following in
chronological order and choose the
correct answer from the code given
below :
(i) Treaty of Versailles
(ii) Treaty of Westphalia
(iii) Philadelphia Convention
(iv) Vienna Congress
Codes :
(A) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
(B) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(D) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
38. Arrange the following Earth
Summits held so far in chronological
order from the code given below :
(i) Rio-de-Jeneiro
(ii) Kyoto
(iii) Copenhagen
(iv) Bali
Codes :
(A) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(B) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(C) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
(D) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
39. Arrange the following Chairmen of
the Finance Commissions of India in
chronological order and answer by
using the code given below :
(i) A.M. Khusro
(ii) N.K.P. Salve
(iii) Dr. Vijay Kelkar
(iv) Dr. C. Rangarajan
Codes :
(A) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(B) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
(C) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
(D) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
40. Match List – I with List – II and
choose the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I
(Authors)
List – II
(Books)
(a) H.G. Wells (i) The Story of
Philosophy
(b) Arnold J.
Toynbee
(ii) A Brief History
of Time
(c) Will Durant (iii) Outline of
History
(d) Stephen
Hawking
(iv) A Study of
History
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
41. Match List – I with List – II and
choose the correct answer from the
code given below :
List – I List – II
(a) Liberalism (i) S.C. Bose
(b) Anarchism (ii) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Fascism-
Democracy
Synthesis
(iii) M.K. Gandhi
(d) Primacy of
the Social
(iv) R.C. Dutta
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

42. Match List – I with List – II and
choose the correct answer from the
code given below :
List – I
(Theories)
List – II
(Theorists)
(a) Classical
Theory of
Democracy
(i) Anthony
Downs
(b) Procedural
Theory of
Democracy
(ii) Joseph
Schumpeter
(c) Economic
Theory of
Democracy
(iii) A.D.
Lindsay
(d) Polyarchy (iv) Robert Dahl
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
43. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(a) Structural –
Functional
Approach
(i) David
Easton
(b) Communication
Theory
(ii) Karl
Deutsch
(c) General Systems
Theory
(iii) Anthony
Downs
(d) Rational Choice (iv) Gabriel
Almond
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
44. Match List – I with List – II and
choose the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I
(Concepts)
List – II
(Thinkers)
(a) Rule of Law (i) Montesquieu
(b) Separation of
Powers
(ii) John Austin
(c) Natural Rights (iii) John Locke
(d) Monism (iv) Dicey
Codesü :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
45. Match the List – I with the List – II
and select the correct answer from
the codes given below :
List – I List – II
(a) Quit India
Movement
(i) 1939
(b) Forward Bloc (ii) 1942
(c) Rajaji
Formula
(iii) 1945
(d) INA Trials (iv) 1944
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(D) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
46. Match List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(a) First China
visit by a
Foreign
Minister after
1962
(i) P.V.
Narsimha
Rao’s
Government
(b) Massive
Amendment
to the Indian
Constitution
(ii) Atal Behari
Vajpayee’s
Government
(c) Bus
diplomacy
(iii) Indira
Gandhi’s
Government
(d) Economic
Liberalisation
(iv) Morarji
Desai’s
Government
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

47. Match List – I with List – II and
choose the correct answer from the
codes given below ü :
List – I List – II
(a) Equilibrium
Theory
(i) Thomas C.
Schelling
(b) Realistic
Theory
(ii) Hans J.
Morgenthau
(c) Game Theory (iii) George
Liska
(d) Communication
Theory
(iv) Carl W.
Deutsch
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(B) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
48. Match List – I with List – II and
choose the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I
(Authors)
List – II
(Books)
(a) Stanley
Hoffman
(i) Politics
Among
Nations
(b) E.H. Carr (ii) Contemporary
Theories of
International
Relations
(c) K.J. Holsti (iii) International
Politics
(d) Hans J.
Morgenthau
(iv) The World
between Two
Wars
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
49. Match List – I with List – II and
choose the correct answer from the
codes below :
List – I List – II
(a) Rensis
Likert
(i) Sensitivity
Training
(b) Chester
Barnard
(ii) Participative
Management
(c) Chris
Argyris
(iii) Group
Dynamics
(d) Kurt Lewin (iv) Zone of
Indifference
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(D) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
50. Match List – I with List – II and
choose the correct answer from the
codes given below :
List – I List – II
(a) Public Servants
Enquiries Act
(i) 1964
(b) All India Services
(Conduct) Rules
(ii) 1956
(c) Central Vigilance
Commission
(iii) 1850
(d) Railway Services
(Conduct) Rules
(iv) 1955
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
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UGC NET Exam Political Science Questions with Answers
1. In Hegels notion the highest possible achievement of Mind as expressed in social life was in

(A) The Contemporary Prussian State

(B) Rome

(C) Athens

(D) Contemporary Great Britain

Answer: (A)



2. Machiavelli advised the Prince to pursue

(A) Moderate behaviour

(B) Extreme generosity

(C) Perfect strictness

(D) Great kindness

Answer: (A)



3. Which is not a part of Rawls well ordered society?

(A) Stable

(B) Efficient

(C) Just

(D) Equal

Answer: (D)



4. Who among the following wrote, Laws are the rules of just and unjust; nothing being reputed unjust that is not contrary to some law?

(A) Bentham

(B) Hegel

(C) Hobbes

(D) Rousseau

Answer: (C)



5. Arrange the following works of Rousseau chronologically, using the codes given below:

a. The Social Contract

b. A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences

c. Emile

d. A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

Codes:

(A) d, c, b, a

(B) a, c, d, b

(C) c, a, b, d

(D) b, d, c, a

Answer: (D)



6. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List I List II

a. On Liberty 1. AmartyaSen

b. Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation 2. T.H. Green

c. Idea of Justice 3. Robert Nozick

d. Anarchy, Stateand Utopia 4. J.S. Millwww.netugc.com

Codes:

a b c d

(A) 3 1 2 4

(B) 1 3 2 4

(C) 2 4 3 1

(D) 4 2 1 3

Answer: (D)



7. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List I List II

a. Justice as one person, one duty, one class one work 1. Plato

b. Justice as fairness 2. Aristotle

c. Justice as proportionate equality 3. Rawls

d. Justice as the interest of the strong 4. Thrasymachas

Codes:

a b c d

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 2 1 3 4

(C) 2 1 4 3

(D) 1 3 2 4

Answer: (D)



8. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List I List II

a. Perpetual peace 1. Plato

b. Golden Mean 2. Kant

c. Analogy of the cave 3. Aristotle

d. Fortune as a woman 4. Machiavelli

Codes:

a b c d

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 2 3 1 4

(C) 2 1 4 3

(D) 4 3 2 1

Answer: (B)



Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

9. Assertion (A): Marx was a revolutionary.

Reason (R): Marx was not concerned about the processes of history.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer: (C)



10. Assertion (A): Aristotle is justifiably called the Father of Political Science.

Reason (R): His criticism of Platos idealism justifies this claim.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer: (A)



11. The operational part of the general systems theory in social sciences has been developed first in

(A) Psychology

(B) Sociology

(C) Political Science

(D) Anthropology

Answer: (D)



12. Who said, Functionalism can indeed be interpreted as a conscious alternative to Marxism?

(A) W.G. Runciman

(B) Robert K. Merton

(C) Oran Young

(D) David Easton

Answer: (A)



13. Who among the following stated that a developing society in order to reach the goals of development would have to pass through the stages of political unification, industrialization, national welfare and abundance?

(A) Rustow

(B) Organski

(C) Lucian Pye

(D) David Apter

Answer: (B)



14. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Lucian Pye: Modernisation Theory

(B) Wallerstein: World System Theory

(C) Theda Skocpol: New Institutionalism

(D) Karl Deutsch: Communications Theory

Answer: (A)



15. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Pareto: The concept of residues

(B) Michels: The concept of mass mind

(C) Mills: The concept of political formula

(D) Gasset: The theory of the masses

Answer: (C)

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16. The concept of civic culture developed out of a survey of

(A) Mexico, India, Pakistan, U.S.A. and U.K.

(B) U.S.A., U.K., Mexico, Germany and Italy.

(C) U.S.A., U.K., Australia, Pakistan and India.

(D) Australia, Canada, U.S.A., U. K. and France.

Answer: (B)



17. Unequal exchange is the formulation of

(A) Samir Amin

(B) Amartya Sen

(C) Paul Sweezy

(D) Andre Gunder Frank

Answer: (A)



18. Duvergers classification of the party system is derived from the experience of political parties in

(A) Western Europe

(B) All the democracies of the world

(C) Party system in the developing world

(D) Political party system in the communist world

Answer: (A)



19. Which of the following statements are correct about the President of America?

1. He is the head of the State and also the head of the Government.

2. All executive powers are vested in him.

3. He is bound by the advice of his Cabinet.

4. He has the power to dissolve the legislature.

Codes:

(A) 1 and 3 are correct.

(B) 2, 3 and 4 are correct.

(C) 1, 3 and 4 are correct.

(D) 1 and 2 are correct.

Answer: (D)



20. Which one of the following is not a feature of F.M. Marxs guardian bureaucracy?

(A) Custodian of Public interest

(B) Competent

(C) Authoritarian

(D) Corrupt

Answer: (D)



21. Which of the following Committee was appointed by the Government of India to Identify the creamy layer among Backward Classes in India?

(A) Justice R.N. Mishra Committee

(B) Justice R.N. Madholkar Committee

(C) Justice Ram Nandan Committee

(D) Justice Rajender Sachar Committee

Answer: (C)



22. Who described Indian Politics as Politics of Scarcity?

(A) Myron Weiner

(B) Paul R. Brass

(C) Atul Kohli

(D) Morris-Jones

Answer: (A)



23. Which Congress President during British Raj initiated the idea of a Planning Commission?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Maulana Azad

(D) Subhas Chandra Bose

Answer: (D)



24. Which of the following statements are correct about Indian Government?

(i) Rajya Sabha represents the local interests of the States.

(ii) A member of Rajya Sabha must be a resident of the State from which he is elected.

(iii) Number of seats allotted to a State has to be proportionate to its population.

(iv) The term of a member of Rajya Sabha is same as that of Senator in the US.

Codes:

(A) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

(B) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(C) (i), (iii) and (iv)

(D) (i) and (ii)

Answer: (A)



25. Who of the following was the first Satyagrahi of the Individual Civil Disobedience Movement started by Gandhiji in October 1940?

(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(B) J. B. Kripalani

(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(D) Acharya Vinoba Bhave

Answer: (D)



26. Who prefers to characterize the Indian federalism as bargaining federalism?

(A) A.K. Chanda

(B) Morris Jones

(C) K.C. Wheare

(D) D.D. Basu

Answer: (B)



27. Who was the Chairman of Mandal Commission?

(A) B.N. Mandal

(B) B.P. Mandal

(C) D.L. Mandal

(D) R.N. Mandal

Answer: (B)



28. When was the Inter-State Council set up in India?

(A) 1987

(B) 1989

(C) 1990

(D) 1992

Answer: (C)



29. When were the Lok Sabha rules amended to provide for Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committees?

(A) 1988

(B) 1989

(C) 1991

(D) 1995

Answer: (B)



30. Which one of the following Acts/Reports created the Federal Court in India?

(A) Government of India Act, 1909.

(B) Government of India Act, 1919.

(C) Montague-Chelmsford Report

(D) Government of India Act, 1935

Answer: (D)



31. The Book Introduction to Public Administration was authored by

(A) W.F. Willoughby

(B) Woodrow Wilson

(C) M.P. Follet

(D) Leonard D. White

Answer: (D)



32. The concept of ‘Informal Organisation was profounded by

(A) F.W. Taylor

(B) Herbert Simon

(C) Elton Mayo

(D) F.M. Marx

Answer: (C)



33. Clect is the sub-system of Riggs Prismatic society

(A) Social system

(B) Administrative system

(C) Economic system

(D) Political systemwww.netugc.com

Answer: (A)



34. ‘Jacksonian Theory is also called

(A) Merit system

(B) Outsource theory

(C) Spoils system

(D) Contract system

Answer: (C)



35. Which of the four major issues of Public Administration were debated in the Minnowbrooke Conference, 1968?

(A) Relevance, values, equity and change.

(B) History, qualities, values and development.

(C) Text, context, relevance and status.

(D) Norms, values, context and progress.

Answer: (A)



36. Who said, ‘Successful Management involves Management by Objectives?

(A) F.W. Taylor

(B) Peter F. Drucker

(C) Kothari Committee

(D) Edwin B. Flippo

Answer: (B)



37. In which book of the following, Robert Dahl explained the Theory of Decision Making?

(A) Democracy, Liberty and Equality

(B) Democracy at Cross Roads

(C) Who Governs?

(D) Modern Political Analysis

Answer: (C)



38. Which Committee recommended Unified Grading Structure for the British Civil Service?

(A) Masterman

(B) Fulton

(C) Asheton

(D) McGraw

Answer: (B)



39. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Find the correct answer using the codes given below:

Assertion (A): Adequate measures must be taken by the Government to ensure the stoppage of the practice of corruption.

Reason (R): Corruption leads to decline of democratic process.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer: (C)



40. Match the following:

The Office of Ombudsman was set up in these countries in the following years:

(Countries) (Years)

a. Sweden 1. 1967

b. Finland 2. 1809

c. New Zealand 3. 1978

d. United Kingdom 4. 1919

5. 1962

Select the correct answer:

Codes:

a b c d

(A) 2 4 5 1

(B) 1 5 3 4

(C) 3 2 1 5

(D) 4 3 5 1

Answer: (A)



41. In the post Soviet era Russias outlook at global level is marked by

(A) Rigid Ideological positions

(B) Enhanced role for Soviet era legacies.

(C) Pragmatic de-ideologised worldview.

(D) Rigidities of cold war era.

Answer: (C)



42. Who of the following has coined the term under-development?

(A) Antonio Gramsci

(B) Rosa Luxemburg

(C) Emmanual Wallerstein

(D) Kenneth Waltz

Answer: (C)



43. The policy of containment formulated by the U.S. aimed at

(A) Checking globally the influence of the Soviet Union.

(B) Checking the nuclear proliferation of Iran.

(C) Containing defiant North Korea.

(D) Countering the expansionist policies of Peoples Republic of China.

Answer: (A)



44. The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 adopted the programme for

(A) Ending global poverty

(B) The democratisation of U.N. system

(C) Broadening the participation within I.M.F. and World Bank.

(D) Reducing greenhouse emissions.

Answer: (D)



45. Match List I with List II and select correct answer from the codes given below:

List I List II

a. Morton Kaplan 1. Perestroika and Glasnost

b. Andre Gunder Frank 2. Theory of Realism

c. Hans J. Morgenthau 3. Systems Theory

d. Mikhail Gorbachev 4. Dependency Theory

Codes:

a b c d

(A) 3 4 2 1

(B) 4 2 3 1

(C) 2 4 1 3

(D) 2 1 3 4

Answer: (A)



46. The principle of reciprocity within WTO framework envisages

(A) Lowering of trade barriers by a State to be matched in return.

(B) Creation of trade barriers on uniform basis.

(C) Protection of intellectual property rights.

(D) Enhanced role for State controls on trade.

Answer: (A)



47. What is the correct chronological order of the events listed below?

i. U.S. Policy of Containment of the Soviet Union.

ii. Dissolution of the former Soviet Union.

iii. Iran-Iraq War.

iv. US War on terrorism in Afghanistan.

Choose the right answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(A) iv, ii, iii, i

(B) ii, iv, i, iii

(C) iii, ii, iv, i

(D) i, iii, ii, iv

Answer: (D)



48. The dictum, ‘Imperialism is the highest stage of Capitalism was propounded by

(A) Karl Marx

(B) V.I. Lenin

(C) Andre Gunder Frank

(D) EmmanualWallerstein

Answer: (B)



49. Hans Blix was head of U.N. body for

(A) Peace-keeping operations in Somalia.

(B) Inspecting places in Iraq for verification of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

(C) Working modalities for the creation of NIEO.

(D) Rebuilding war-torn Afghanistan

Answer: (B)



50.Nagorno Karabakh is a disputed territory between

(A) Armenia and Azerbaizan

(B) Georgia and Ukraine

(C) Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan

(D) Russian Federation and China

Answer: (A)


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